GENUKI: Kirkbymoorside

The Ancient Parish of KIRKBYMOORSIDE

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"KIRKBYMOORSIDE, a parish in the wapentake of Rydale; 6 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Pickering, 14 from Malton, and 29 from York. The Church is dedicated to All Saints (see Churches for photograph); and the living is a vicarage in the gift of the King. There are here a Methodist Chapel, an Independent Chapel, and a Friends' Meeting House. The market is on Wednesday. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, Wednesday in Whitsun week, and September 18, for horned cattle, sheep and linen. Principal Inn, White Horse. Pop. 1878." (There is further information for Kirkbymoorside).

"BRANSDALE, EAST & WEST SIDE, a dale in the parishes of Kirkbymoorside and Kirkdale, and wapentake of Rydale; 8¼ miles NNW. of Kirkbymoorside. The East-side of which is in the township of Farndale, High-Quarter, and in Kirkbymoorside parish; and the West-side, a township of itself, in Kirkdale parish; Here is a Chapel of Ease, of which the Rev. Henry King, is curate. Population of East, 455; of West, 286 ; total, 741."

"COCKAYNE, comprising a few houses, in the parish of Kirkbymoorside, township of Bransdale west-side, wapentake of Rydale; 9 miles NNW. from Kirkbymoorside. Here is a Chapel of ease."

"FADMOOR, in the parish of Kirkbymoorside, and wapentake of Rydale, 2½ miles NW. of Kirkbymoorside. Pop. 162."

"FARNDALE WEST SIDE, or Farndale Low Quarter, a township in the parish of Kirkbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; 6 miles NNW. from Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley and Pickering. Population 213."

"GILLAMOOR, in the parish of Kirkbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; 2½ miles NNW. of Kirkbymoorside. Here is a Chapel of Ease, of which the Rev. Henry King is curate. Pop. 195."

"KELDHOLME, in the parish of Kirkbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; ¾ mile E. of Kirkbymoorside. There is here a flax spinning manufactory, carried on by Mr. Caleb Fletcher.

In the time of King Henry I. a nunnery, for Monks of the Cistercian order; was founded here by Robert de Stuteville, and dedicated to the Virgin. At the dissolution here was a Prioress and eight Nuns, who had a yearly revenue of 29L. 6s. 1d. The site was granted to Ralph Earl of Westmorland. -Burton. Not a vestige of this house is now remaining; and on the site is erected an oil and flax mill. -In 1813, when part of the foundations was cleared away, several tombstones and stone coffins were discovered."

"KIRBY MILLS, in the township and parish of Kirkbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; ½ mile ESE. of Kirkbymoorside."

"SLEIGHTHOLMEDALE, a hamlet in the township of Fadmoor and parish of Kirkbymoorside, 3 miles N.W. of Kirkbymoorside."

Cemeteries

Sandra Wilson has transcribed the Monumental Inscriptions for St. Aidan's Church Gillamoor. (Vodaphone having killed off Demon internet, this is now on the Archive.org site)

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Kirkbymoorside.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - Mediaeval glass
- St. Aidan's Church, Gillamoor.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- The Methodist Chapel (was Wesleyan) 1867, Gillamoor, founded in 1867.
- The Methodist Church, Kirkbymoorside. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St. Chad, Kirkbymoorside.
- St. Nicholas' Church, Cockayne (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- St. Nicholas' Church, Cockayne (view 2).

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Kirkbymoorside in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Cockan in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Gillamoor in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Kirkbymoorside.
The List of Vicars in All Saints Church, Kirkbymoorside.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

History

In 1873 the township of Farndale West Side(in this parish) joined with other townships to become a parish in their own right. See Bransdale with Farndale Parish.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The 1914-1918 War Memorial on the green near the church at Gillamoor.
The War Memorial in the Churchyard at Kirkbymoorside.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE665950) Keysbeck
- (SE669948) Knaysbeck
- (SE657913) Stonely Woods

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- Cleveland FHS
- The Ryedale Family History Group

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